Litsea panamanja (buch.-ham. ex Nees) Hook.f.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees, ca. 20 m tall, ca. 60 cm d.b.h. Branchlets pubescent and becoming glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole ca. 2 cm, glabrous; leaf blade oblong or lanceolate, 10-18 × 3-7 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, pinninerved, lateral veins 7-11 pairs, base cuneate, apex acuminate or shortly acute. Umbels in racemes on short branchlets, pubescent, 5-flowered. Male flowers: pedicel ca. 1.5 mm, pubescent; perianth segments 6, oblong or ovate; fertile stamens 9; filaments glabrous, of 3rd whorls each with 2 shortly stipitate glands at base; rudimentary pistil glabrous. Fruit compressed globose, ca. 6 × 10 mm, seated on cup-shaped perianth tube; fruiting pedicel ca. 8 mm, thickened at apex. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Mar of next year.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Distribution

Litsea panamanja world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Litsea panamanja threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465921-1
WFO ID wfo-0001070307
COL ID 3XLYC
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Synonyms

Malapoenna panamonja Litsea panamanja Tetranthera panamanja